MasukInside, Blair sat on the sofa, her hand resting on her slight belly, while Roman stood nearby deep in conversation with Luca. Two-year-old Olivia was showing off her drawings to anyone who would look."Aunt Keira!" Olivia shouted, abandoning her colouring-in to run across the room. Keira bent down,
Olivia, growing restless, wiggled off Blair’s lap. “Can I go play with my blocks?”“Yes, but stay in the playroom,” Roman told her. “I’ll be there in a minute.”As Olivia skipped off, Roman pulled Blair to her feet and into his arms. “You look tired. You should have let me bring someone in to handle
“Mama! Look!”Blair looked up from her laptop to see her two-year-old daughter, Olivia, proudly showing off a crayon drawing that was mostly colorful scribbles.“That’s beautiful, sweetheart,” Blair said, genuinely impressed with the artwork of her toddler. “Is that our family?”Olivia nodded madly,
"Is that what you think?" Niko's voice was dangerously quiet. "That your only value is as a... what? A royal broodmare?""It's the reality of our position," she insisted. "The Wystovian crown needs an heir. You need an heir. And I can't—" Her voice broke.Niko crossed the distance between them in th
"I'm trying to protect him—""From what? From having a choice?" Keira's voice grew stronger. "You're deciding what's best for Niko without asking him what he wants. That's not protection, that's control."Amelia stared at her, startled by the blunt assessment."Look, I get it. The pressure is overwh
Amelia shook her head, the weight of her failure pressing down on her. "The doctors say there's nothing wrong with Niko, which means the problem lies with me. I'm considering stepping aside, letting him divorce me so he can marry someone who can actually give him an heir." She glanced at Keira, sudd
"Condom," she managed to say, though her body screamed in protest at the delay."Nightstand drawer." His voice was strained. "I put them there after breakfast."She twisted to grab one, tearing the packet open with shaking fingers. He groaned as she rolled it onto him, her touch light and teasing."
Keira adjusted the screen on her laptop, grateful for a moment of privacy in her suite. Her fingers traced the sapphire ring on her hand as she waited for her sisters to answer her call. So much had happened in just a few days.When Blair and Sutton's faces appeared on screen, splitting her monitor
They spent the next half hour meeting with doctors and nurses, who cared for the children.The hospital director came over to them. "Should we head out so you can meet with the press and farewell?"Before Keira could respond, Tanya approached quickly, her face tense. "Miss Warner, we have a situatio
Maria's hands trembled as she reached for her water glass. "I don't know what you're implying—""I'm not implying anything." Alexei pulled out his phone, sliding it across to his father. "This is the security report. IP addresses, phone records, even meetings with journalists at cafes she thought we







